Cube not starting up after I TRY TO switch from OS10 to OS9

Hello
I have a cube and Panther OX10.3 I frequently switch between OS9 and 10 but when I did this today it would not go to OS9 but has given me the disk icon with flashing question mark. I tried rebooting with the C key and disc but made no difference. have now rebooted holding down the alt key and have the disc syumbol in the middle of the screen but nothing is happening.

Welcome to the Apple Discussions!
Since you don't have an iBook or a Mac mini, I believe the correct forum to post your question would be here:
Discussions > Power Mac G4 > Using your Power Mac G4
Be sure to let everyone know exactly which model computer you have, is it a 450MHz or 500MHz G4 Cube? How much RAM/memory you have installed and exactly which version of Panther you're using. It might also be important to know which version of Mac OS 9 you're using. (Is it 9.1 or 9.2.2, for example.) Do you have a retail copy of Mac OS X 10.3? Is that the disk you were trying to startup from (with the "c" key or the "alt" key)? Unfortunately, it seems your internal hard drive may have some trouble. If you could startup from the Mac OS X install disk, we could probably help you troubleshoot that. If you can find it, you may also want to find the Apple Hardware Test CD that came with your G4 Cube.
-Doug

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